@gbhnews@mastodon.social Coffee Crisp, Aero, KitKat, and Smarties (real Smarties, not American Smarties which are our Rockets), made in a peanut-free facility. I also have non-edible treats for kids with other dietary issues.
@gbhnews@mastodon.social We don't get any because we are blind, so never have lights on. If we actually wanted to hand out candy we'd make it known, but yeah. Kind of just anti-social. This year we have tabletop gaming to do anyway.
@gbhnews@mastodon.social I'm in Salem. I go thru 5 or 6 HUGE bags every year. And for the most part it's just neighborhood kids, not tourists (I'm just outside the downtown area). That said, our house is also decorated and we make a thing of it. It's fun.
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We lived 40 years in a condo in Brookline. Never once in all that time did anyone ever come to our door. Not even from within the condo. After the first year we never bought candy. Now weβre in a small city in CO, and we get 40-50 kiddos in about 2 hours. Small urchins w/ parents in tow the first hour, then the older ones, and finally the middle- and high-school kids. We close it down before the college kids show up.
@gbhnews@mastodon.social We get between 50 - 80 and they're all ages. Not all of them have costumes but I don't care. If you knock on my door on Halloween, you get treats.
@gbhnews@mastodon.social My brother in a medium-sized Maine town gets 100-200 per year (my father loves to count them). Here in Metro West we getβ¦ a dozen or so? Itβs hopping about a block away, but something about the configuration of our block just doesnβt draw many groups away from the busy area